SHELDON PEAR. 



Teee. — Vigorous, upright, erect, symmetrical in shape, with regular 

 diverging branches ; annual growth rather slender, and nearly straight. 



Wood. — Yellowish, dotted with small whitish specks, short-jointed, 

 rather slender; old wood, yellowish olive; buds, medium size, ovate, 

 regularly pointed, shghtly diverging, with prominent shoulders : Flower- 

 buds, medium size, long, sharply pointed. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, long, narrow, tapering to each end, 

 thin, light yellowish green, glossy, nearly flat, slightly recurved on the 

 midrib, somewhat wavy, and finely and sharply serrated; petioles, long, 

 one and a half to two inches in length, moderately stout. 

 . Flowees. — Small; petals, small, roundish, cupped; clusters compact. 



Feuit. — Large, about three inches long, and three inches in diam- 

 eter: Form, roundish obovate, regular, full at the crown, tapering little 

 to the stem end, which is very obtuse : Skin, fair, nearly smooth, of a 

 pale greenish russet, becoming yellowish when mature, bronzy red on 

 the sunny side, and regularly dotted with small dark russet specks : 

 Stem, short, about half an inch long, stout, curved,' and inserted, with 

 scarcely any depression, on the obtuse end: Eye, medium size, open, 

 and moderately sunk in a smooth, round, not very deep basin ; segments 

 of the calyx, broad, short, projecting: Flesh, yellowish, rather coarse, 

 melting, and very juicy : Flavor, exceedingly rich, sprightly, and sugary, 

 with a delicious aroma : Core, rather large : Seeds, medium size, flat, dark. 



KiPE in October, and keeps three or four weeks. 



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